on purpose

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on purpose

intentionally; in a way that is meant or intended; not an accident. The bully stepped on my foot on purpose. Jealously, Jimmy destroyed Billy's sand castle on purpose.

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As if planted on purpose for him, there soon appeared a little tuft of maples, with a delightful recess in the midst, and such a fresh bubbling spring that it seemed never to have sparkled for any wayfarer but David Swan. From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context But this sort of thing seems done on purpose to vex us. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Once I resolved to take the stage-coach to West Chester, on purpose only to have the satisfaction of coming back, that he might see me really come in the same coach; for I had a jealous thought, though I had no ground for it at all, lest he should think I was not really in the country. The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Defoe, Daniel View in context			on last legs on loan on location on medication on mind on moral grounds on nerves on no account on no account must on occasion on one hand on order on own account on own hook on own time on pain of on pain of death on paper on par on parole on patrol on person on pins and needles on principle on probation on purpose on radar on record on sale on say-so on schedule on second thought on shaky ground on short notice on shoulders on side on sight on speaking terms on spec on standby on steroids on tail on tap on target on tenterhooks on the air on the alert on the attack on the average on the back burner on the ball			on patrol on penalty on penalty on penalty on penalty On penalty of on period on person On Phone Call on pins and needles on pins and needles on pins and needles on plate on plate on plate On Point on pointe On Pourrait Faire Autrement On Premise Laundry Systems, Inc. On Premise Station On Premises Accreditation Program on presentation On Press Application System on principle on principle on principle on principle on principle On Principles of Distributed Systems on probation on purpose on radar On reading On reading On Recent Discoveries by Emory Researchers on record on record on record on record on record On Record (Album April Wine) on relief on relief on relief on relief on relief on report on report on report on report on report on request on request on request On S'En Fout on sale on sale On Sale Now on say-so On Scene on scene endurance

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